EUROPE-MIGRANTS/BALKANS SUMMIT ARRIVALS Leaders arrive for Western Balkans summit in Vienna with migrant crisis topping agenda
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EUROPE-MIGRANTS/BALKANS SUMMIT ARRIVALS Leaders arrive for Western Balkans summit in Vienna with migrant crisis topping agenda
- Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/BALKANS SUMMIT ARRIVALS Leaders arrive for Western Balkans summit in Vienna with migrant crisis topping agenda
- Date: 27th August 2015
- Summary: VARIOUS OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
- Embargoed: 11th September 2015 13:00
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- Location: Austria
- Country: Austria
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA39RPXVI6R0GYV2ZUXGEV1B080
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The Western Balkans summit kicked off in Vienna on Thursday (August 27) under the shadow of a migrant crisis in Europe.
Leaders from the region -- as well as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini -- were greeted in the Austrian capital by Chancellor Werner Faymann.
After the summit began, news came that elsewhere in Austria, as many as 50 refugees were found dead in a parked lorry on a motorway near the town of Parndorf.
The surge in migrants seeking refuge from conflict or poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia has confronted Europe with its worst refugee crisis since World War Two, stirring social tensions and testing the resources and solidarity of the 28-nation European Union. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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